Something interesting- Acoustic Kitty.

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GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate of Science & Technology in the 1960s attempting to use cats in spy missions, intended to spy on the Kremlin, and Soviet embassies. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. This would allow the cats to innocously record and transmit sound from its surroundings. Due to problems with distraction, the cat's sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million.
The first cat mission was eavesdropping on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately. Subsequent tests also failed. Shortly thereafter the project was considered a failure and declared to be a total loss. The project was cancelled in 1967.
FU airports! Jan 13, 2012

Soft kitty?
࿏Ꮏཝཇ རས༦ཥᏋངᎿᎾཞ࿏ Jan 13, 2012

₲rээƞℳɑƞ×℘ӈìℓɛ wrote:
Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project launched by the Directorate missions, intended to spy on the Kremlin, and Soviet embassies. A battery and a microphone were implanted into a cat and an antenna into its tail. This would allow the cats to innocously record and transmit sound from its surroundings. Due to problems with distraction, the cat's sense of hunger had to be addressed in another operation. Surgical and training expenses are thought to have amounted to over $20 million.
The first cat mission was eavesdropping on two men in a park outside the Soviet compound on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, D.C. The cat was released nearby, but was hit and killed by a taxi almost immediately. Subsequent tests also failed. Shortly thereafter the project was considered a failure and declared to be a total loss. The project was cancelled in 1967.

(joke alert)
Wow, I bet the Russians thought we were drunk when they found that out.
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

Aren't the American Intelligence Agencies clever and ethical?
- A cat with a microphone and antenna surgically implanted in it's body. $35 million dollars.
- training a cat with surgically a implanted listening device to not be distracted by birds it wants to eat. $5 million dollars.
- Months of planning for a CIA operation involving a surgically implanted listening device cat that gets run over by a cab within a minute of starting it's mission. Priceless.
࿏Ꮏཝཇ རས༦ཥᏋངᎿᎾཞ࿏ Jan 13, 2012

₲rээƞℳɑƞ×℘ӈìℓɛ wrote:
Aren't the American Intelligence Agencies clever and ethical?
- A cat with a microphone and antenna surgically implanted in it's body. $35 million dollars.
- training a cat with surgically a implanted listening device to not be distracted by birds it wants to eat. $5 million dollars.
- Months of planning for a CIA operation involving a surgically implanted listening device cat that gets run over by a cab within a minute of starting it's mission. Priceless.

Hollywood couldn't have done better or had such a budget.
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

Can you imagine the faces of those CIA agents? Watching the cat cross the street, adjusting their mics, and splat and screech on their headphones! I mean how did the guy who proposed this operation sell this to get actual approval? Only thing I can guess was it had something to do with the department head hanging out in the MK operations testing areas. Trying out the LSD...
⚪️ Jan 13, 2012

Guess they never heard the joke about "herding cats."
Abbafour Jan 13, 2012

That cab driver must be a hero in Russia.
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

🔥⌖saelo⌖🔥 wrote:
Guess they never heard the joke about "herding cats."

Nor have I. Care to tell it?
BellaItaliana Jan 13, 2012

Sounds like a girl band. I likes.
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

ℬeƖƖɑIƗɑƖiɑɳɑ wrote:
Sounds like a girl band. I likes.

I think there actually are a couple bands named acoustic kitty floating around.
messrine Jan 13, 2012

I've got my eye on you green man
💃ᎾᏢᎢᎥᎷᏌᎷ Jan 13, 2012

Abbafour wrote:
That cab driver must be a hero in Russia.

Yeah national cabbie day!
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

messrine wrote:
I've got my eye on you green man

Take a number lol.
messrine Jan 13, 2012

why doesn't Bella talk to me anymore?
BellaItaliana Jan 13, 2012

messrine wrote:
why doesn't Bella talk to me anymore?

I don't really talk to anyone anymore. I hop on pal once a week, the forums 1-3x a day, sometimes less, and pretty much only speak (in PMs) when spoken to. Don't take it personally, Dear. It's not you, it's me.
ZRAYGO Jan 13, 2012

"The Man" wrote:
Soft kitty?

Fuzzy kitty
⚪️ Jan 13, 2012

₲rээƞℳɑƞ×℘ӈìℓɛ wrote:
🔥⌖saelo⌖🔥 wrote:
Guess they never heard the joke about "herding cats."

Nor have I. Care to tell it?
You ever tried it?
messrine Jan 13, 2012

still used by special forces in Helmand.fact
messrine Jan 13, 2012

afghans hate cats.next 150 bill will be spent on modifying dog
GreenManXphile Jan 13, 2012

🔥⌖saelo⌖🔥 wrote:
₲rээƞℳɑƞ×℘ӈìℓɛ wrote:
🔥⌖saelo⌖🔥 wrote:
Guess they never heard the joke about "herding cats."

Nor have I. Care to tell it?
You ever tried it?
No. Just chinchillas with roman armor and gladius swords I have fashioned for them. They herd real nice like.
☣☢☭PIP PIP☭☢☣ Jan 13, 2012

Meow????!!!!
FU airports! Jan 14, 2012

ZRAYGO wrote:
"The Man" wrote:
Soft kitty?

Fuzzy kitty

Little ball of fur?
Jeff 🍆 Newton Jan 14, 2012

₲rээƞℳɑƞ×℘ӈìℓɛ wrote:
Aren't the American Intelligence Agencies clever and ethical?
- A cat with a microphone and antenna surgically implanted in it's body. $35 million dollars.
- training a cat with surgically a implanted listening device to not be distracted by birds it wants to eat. $5 million dollars.
- Months of planning for a CIA operation involving a surgically implanted listening device cat that gets run over by a cab within a minute of starting it's mission. Priceless.

They actually sound idiotic 😏